Back to Boletaria: The Tale of a Born Again n00b

befowler wrote:You need more co-op! Seriously, playing through these games solo is fun, but like any great work of art they can only be fully appreciated in the company of others. Together you will see more and have better experiences than you ever will alone -- the games were designed this way. The fights are better, the magic more impressive, the shenanigans more shenanigany. Another great aspect is you can run an area 50 times and then play with someone who does it completely differently -- I was recently fortunate enough to coop through 3-1 a few times with someone on the forum who just rolls right through the arrow machine volleys and turns it off from the front like it ain't no thang. Needlessly pro? Yes. Awesome? Oh hells yeah.

1) It's not about you.2) If you try to make it about you, you'll sound ridiculous.

Steve Jobs:

Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

@ skare: don't go magic it's boring! makes the game to easy. When i understood you right, it' too easy for you to make it exciting....so don't make it even easier with magic. Make it to a challange run - we want to read about your failure, not about OP OHKO everything

Walter, I'm not going to make a magic run. I'm a knight in games and that won't change. My plan is actually to use magic I haven't really invested stats in to see what kinds of things I can do. It'll be the experimentation that I think will be fun since even my sl250 who has every spell and can use them effectively really hasn't used them at all. I've had a busy weekend and haven't jumped on yet, but when I do I think I have Demon's prank queued up

skarekrow13 wrote:Walter, I'm not going to make a magic run. I'm a knight in games and that won't change. My plan is actually to use magic I haven't really invested stats in to see what kinds of things I can do. It'll be the experimentation that I think will be fun since even my sl250 who has every spell and can use them effectively really hasn't used them at all. I've had a busy weekend and haven't jumped on yet, but when I do I think I have Demon's prank queued up

Old Hero. Demon's Prank. Fun.

_________________"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis

I think I might melee him. Always used archery for him (and the Storm King). But I might have some fun times with that spell. I'm counting on playing tonight too. It's been a crazy weekend but tonight is Skare time.

Sentiel wrote:Don't tell me you were the random who summoned me and FinPeku last night? O_O

I thought Befowler played US, unless he also plays EU.

Then it's one hell of a coincidence.

Yes, I'm on US NA, and have been mostly coopin' at sl30. I will need to summon some folks on my sl50 and 110 for NG+ though. If you enjoy watching people take swan dives off platforms, I'm your host.

_________________"They can be a great people, Solaire, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son."

So...were the two interludes combined considered to be Chapter 6? Or was 6 too afraid of 7 to show up?

_________________"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis

skarekrow13 wrote:So I thought I'd try Zero Escape on Vita for a couple night break. Turns out it's a brilliant game and has turned into obsession.

Did the same thing with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Does this mean no more updates, at least for a while?

_________________"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis

Probably. Damn story in Zero Escape is super compelling. The individual rooms are relatively easy so far but there's puzzles across the game that have me hooked. Plus there's a Jupiter quote E would love

_________________"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis

skarekrow13 wrote:I can't recall if I ever let Biorr take on Penetrator 1:1

I might do that.

First playthrough I'm pretty sure he'll get Penetrator a little more than halfway down before going down himself. The only reason he's so tough against the Blue Dragon is because they stacked up his fire defense to ridiculous levels. His physical defense isn't much different than what you get from the Brushwood Set yourself, so even though he has high vitality as well he'll still take good damage from Penetrator.

_________________"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." ~C.S. Lewis

I hadn't used him against Penetrator until my last few recent playthroughs, and I highly recommend it. He's actually extremely talkative and talks smack the entire time, while the Penetrator doesn't say a thing. It's very funny in addition to being effective.

_________________"They can be a great people, Solaire, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son."